Manchester United qualified for the knockout stage of the Europa League as Cristiano Ronaldo marked his return to the side by scoring in a 3-0 win over Sheriff Tiraspol at Old Trafford.
After being dropped for Saturday’s Premier League draw with Chelsea due to his behaviour in last week’s win over Tottenham, Ronaldo was brought back into the starting line-up by manager Erik ten Hag and scored the third goal of the game from close range after his initial effort had been saved (81).
Earlier, Ronaldo’s Portugal team-mate Diogo Dalot had headed United in front from a corner on the stroke of half-time (44) and second-half substitute Marcus Rashford doubled the lead with a powerful header from a Luke Shaw cross (65).
Asked about Ronaldo’s performance after the match, Ten Hag told BT Sport: “Yeah, great. He created and the team creates for him.
“We know we have the capabilities to finish and that will come. He needs a goal to get over a dead point I would say and then more will come I am confident of that.”